The First Reader might never admit it, but he has a turn for poetry. Or, as he said about this one ‘doggerel. I write doggerel.’ Be as that may, I like it, and I think you’ll want to sing it in your head, the way I did.
Just a good ol’ dog
never meaning no harm,
beats all you ever saw,
getting’ in trouble on her paws since the day she was born
Chasing the cats
chewing the rugs
Some day the warden might get her but the neighbor never will
Makin’ her way
The only way she knows how
Thats just a little bit more than her owner allows
Just a good ol’ dog
Wouldn’t change if she could
Biting the mailman like a modern day Robin Hood
— Sanford Begley
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6 responses to “Curmudgeon’s Corner: A Good Ol’ Dog”
did y’all lose a pupper?
Nope! She is lying behind me gnawing on a ball. This was written originally in 2013. I think he was contemplating all the dogs in his life over the years.
Reminds me of https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=htqWyBDf3VU
Itr should have evoked this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qogVHlmFcx0
Never watched it.
I had no idea Waylon Jennings sung the theme! Thanks for teaching me something today. And yeah, it definitely evoked that, and a grin.